Authorizes the town of Greenburgh to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parkland, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10611
 
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                               May 29, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT authorizing the town of Greenburgh,  county  of  Westchester,  to
   alienate and discontinue the use of certain parkland
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town  of  Green-
 burgh,  county  of Westchester, acting by and through its governing body
 and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby
 authorized to discontinue as parklands and lease at fair market value to
 HESP Solar LLC for a term not to exceed twenty-five years the lands more
 particularly described in section three of this act for the  purpose  of
 constructing a solar facility and electric vehicle charging stations.
   §  2.  All proceeds from alienation and lease of the parklands author-
 ized by section one of this act shall be used  for  acquisition  of  new
 parklands  and/or  towards  capital  improvements  to  existing park and
 recreational facilities.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 tinued as parklands and leased are described as follows:
 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate, lying and being
 in the Town of Greenburgh, County of Westchester and State of New  York,
 bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point which is the following courses and distances from
 the  most  northerly  corner of land designated as Parcel 2 on a certain
 map entitled "Subdivision plat prepared  for  Richard  Greenspan"  dated
 Oct.  3, 2002 and filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester
 County,  Division  of  land  Records, formerly Office of the Register of
 Westchester County, on Oct. 24, 2005 as Map  No.27654,  North  49°20'10"
 East 551.65 feet and North 17° 14' 40" East 45.35 feet to a point on the
 southerly line of the hereby described parcel;
   RUNNING  THENCE from said point along the southerly line of the hereby
 described parcel North 69°26'00" West 28.74 feet to the point and  place
 of beginning of the hereby described parcel:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   RUNNING  THENCE from said point of beginning along the perimeter lines
 of the hereby described parcel, the following courses and distances:
   North 20° 34' 00" East 90.00 feet,
   North 73° 11' 00" West 302.00 feet,
   North 15° 37' 15" East 80.00 feet,
   North 38° 48' 12" East 231.00 feet,
   South 73°11' 00" East 565.00 feet,
   South 16° 49' 00" West 194.00 feet,
   North 73° 11" 00" West 225.00 feet,
   South 20° 34' 00" West 198.00 feet and
   North  69°  26'  00" West 116.00 feet to the point and PLACE OF BEGIN-
 NING.
   Calculated Area: 170,337 Sq. Ft. / 3.9104 Acres
   § 4. Should the lands described in section three of this act cease  to
 be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, the lease
 shall  terminate  and those lands shall revert to the town of Greenburgh
 for public park and recreational purposes. At the time  of  such  rever-
 sion, the removal of any solar facilities and electric charging stations
 shall  take  place  and  the  property shall be returned to its previous
 state, consistent with park and recreation purposes.
   § 5. In the event that the town of Greenburgh  received  any  funding,
 support  or  assistance  from  the  federal government for the purchase,
 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in  section  three
 of  this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland author-
 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur  until  the  town  of
 Greenburgh  has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying  the  secre-
 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.